Thesaurus results for ELBOWING

elbowing

verb

present participle of elbow

as in pushing

to force one's way the sort of greedy person who is always the first to elbow to the front of the buffet table at every party

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Recent Examples of elbowing Allister elbowing Ibrahim Maza in the face in the 74th minute. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026 Facing unrelenting physicality in the Western Conference semifinals, Wembanyama earned a flagrant 2 foul and an automatic ejection for elbowing Minnesota’s Naz Reid in the neck. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 In the third quarter, Wembanyama picked up a flagrant foul after elbowing Karl-Anthony Towns in the chin. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 June 2026 Victor Wembanyama got revenge for getting tossed in the first half of Game 4 for elbowing T-Wolves big Naz Reid Tuesday. — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Wembanyama received a Flagrant 2 foul after elbowing Naz Reid in the throat. — CBS News, 13 May 2026 Trade those greatest hits for a few hours’ drive above Dublin and the reward is a wilder, more elemental Ireland — Atlantic headlands carved by weather rather than postcards, beaches that appear out of nowhere, and cliffs that don’t require elbowing for a view. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 Wembanyama received a Flagrant 2 foul after elbowing Naz Reid in the throat. — ABC News, 12 May 2026 After elbowing its way into the fight for TV’s billions of advertising dollars, Amazon now wants to battle one of the most dire threats to commercials. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2026

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The former youth pastor suspected of pushing his wife off a Utah cliff died by suicide in a very unusual way, said the sheriff who oversees Las Vegas’ jails.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
As a car speeds up, the air resistance pushing against it increases and forces the engine to work harder, using more fuel to achieve the same speed.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026

Definition of pushing

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McGurk argued that, if the return of the hostages was the only way to end the war, then publicly squeezing Israel to protect civilians could paradoxically prolong the fighting, resulting in more Palestinian deaths.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
De la Fuente’s forwards press aggressively, while centre-backs Pau Cubarsi and Aymeric Laporte hold a high defensive line, squeezing the pitch and pinning their opponents back.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of squeezing

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